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INDIANAPOLIS – Vontae Davis sees the young guns coming, ready to step into his locker room, all these babyfaced 21 and 22-year-olds who just heard their name called in the NFL draft.
Malik Hooker? Quincy Wilson? Maybe even Nate Hairston? Could be the future of the Indianapolis Colts’ defense. Could be.
Davis? He’s the present. The linchpin. He’s also, suddenly, the teacher.
Along with fellow defensive back Darius Butler, who also arrived in Indy in 2012, Davis is the Colts’ last man standing on defense. The men he lined up alongside for years in Indianapolis have moved on — they’ve retired, or been cut, or not been re-signed.